Man at the Mall: Downtown Madison

This week we head to college town Madison, located in Morris County. The town has three colleges; Fairleigh Dickinson University, Drew University and part of The College of St. Elizabeth, with the other half of the campus situated in Morristown. The NJ Transit Madison station is located right in the center of town on Lincoln Place, across from the Post Office.

Downtown Madison has wide variety of shops and restaurants. Women's apparel can be found at; The Pink Dress, www.thepinkdressshop.com, Statements, statementsgifts.com, Time After Time Vintage Clothing, San Francisco Clothing Boutique, Lingerie Etc., New Leaf Consignment Boutique, www.newleafconsignment.com and Bella Bridesmaid, www.bellabridesmaid.com. Children's clothes may be found at The Rocking Horse, Kid's Haven, Bunnies & Bears, www.bunniesandbears.com, Kids Consignments and Once & Again Consignments, www.onceandagainconsignments.com. Shoes can be picked up at Melan Footwear and the Suburban Shoe Shop. Sports apparel can be found at Alfred's Sports Shop, Starting Line Sports, www.startinglinesports.com and Blue Ridge Mountian Sports, www.brmsstore.com/insideBRMS/store.php?storeID=04. Visit Emerson Elliott, Rose City Jewelers, or Gerlach's, www.gerlachjewelers.com for jewelery.

Madison has two book shops, which caters to the college crowd; Pandora Book Peddlers on Waverly Place and The Chatham Book Seller,  www.abebooks.com/home/chathambookseller on Green Village Rd. The Chatham Book Seller is one of my favorite book shops, the store carries a large inventory of used and out of print books. If you enjoy comics, stop in at Dewey's Comic City, www.deweyscomiccity.com.

Home furnishing stores include; British Pine Emporium, www.britishpineemporium.com and J & M Home & Garden, www.jmhg.com.

National retailers in town include; Whole Foods, a newly renovated and expanded Super Stop & Shop, Gary's Wine & Marketplace, Radio Shack and Staples.

There are restaurants to suit every tastebud in town from Soho 33, www.soho33.com, Empire Szechuan, 54 Main Bar & Grille,  www.54mainst.com, Poor Herbie's, Rose City Grille, www.rosecitygrille.com, Begum Palace, Garlic Rose Bistro, www.garlicrose.com/madison.htm, Shanghai Jazz Restaurant & Bar, www.shanghaijazz.com, L'Allegria, www.lallegria.com, Terra Mare Restaurant, www.tmrestaurant.com, Firehouse Pizza, www.nickysfirehouse.com and Amalfi Cafe.

For quicker fare there's; Atlanta Bread Company, Fat Boys Subs, Madison Wok, McCool's Ice Cream, www.mccoolsicecream.net, Burger King, Domino's, Carvel, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks.

You can catch a flick at the Clearview Cinema Madison Cinema 4, which features first run films and occasional independents.

For more information on Downtown Madison, click here; www.madisonnjchamber.org. For more information on the town of Madison, click here; www.rosenet.org.

Comments

[jerseybird]

You left off one of the best book stores in town -- Sages Pages. It's relocating to Staples Plaza. Everyone is looking forward to the move since the owner will be able to pack in even more books. It has a great kid's selection.

You also have Gary's Wine & Marketplace listed as a "national" chain. There's nothing national about Gary's -- he has three great stores in Madison, Bernardsville and Wayne. You can find him at the Madison store on Monday and Wednesday mornings after he gets done spinning at the local Y and most Saturday during the day. They have terrific customer service and an incredible cheese selection.

[jerseybird]

BTW Gary's has an website too... garyswine.com